Media release – DPFEM, 11 February 2025

Tasmania’s fire agencies continuing bushfire response amid high fire danger weather

Firefighters from Tasmania Fire Service (TFS), Tasmania Parks and Wildlife (PWS) and Sustainable Timber Tasmania (STT) are continuing to respond to a complex of bushfires on Tasmania’s west coast today.

State Fire Commander Jeremy Smith said high fire danger weather is expected over the next three days.

“While our efforts are continuing, the fires on the west coast have burnt a combined area of more than 45,000 hectares and we are facing additional pressures with challenging, high fire danger weather.”

“We have more than 50 remote area team firefighters, six bulldozers and 32 aircraft available to be tasked to the three key fires of interest at Mount Donaldson, Yellowband Plain and Canning Peak.”

“This is a dynamic situation, and with forecast high fire danger weather we are executing our plans to contain these fires.”

“The fires are largely in inaccessible and challenging terrain, making our aerial assets and specialist remote area winch capability crucial to our firefighting efforts.”

“Fire suppression activities will continue today, with remote area teams and aircraft focusing on any high-risk edges to limit spread of fires.”

“We are looking ahead to resourcing requirements for the coming days and weeks, and will be requesting assistance from interstate firefighters, likely from next Monday.”

For further information and updates, visit the following websites:

https://bushfire.tas.gov.au/ for the fire danger rating in your area

http://www.bom.gov.au/tas/warnings/ for the latest weather forecast and warnings

https://www.tasalert.com for current warnings and advice

https://www.police.tas.gov.au/community-alerts/ for road closures

https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/know-before-you-go/alerts for parks closures

Featured image above: Forecast for: 13/02/2025 – Files created using latest data from Bureau of Meteorology on 11/02/2025 at 07:34.